Description

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Our widely celebrated compendium of illustrated letters is now available in paperback. Drawn from the largest repository of artists' papers in the world, More Than Words features correspondence with wives, lovers, friends, patrons, clients, and confidants by such revered artists as Winslow Homer, Frida Kahlo, Andrew Wyeth, Man Ray, Eero Saarinen, Alexander Calder, Gio Ponti, and Andy Warhol. Picturing the world around them in endearing vignettes, landscapes, portraits, and caricatures, these gorgeous letters reveal the joys and successes, loves and longings, disappointments and frustrations of their legendary lives.

About the Author

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Liza Kirwin is the curator of manuscripts at the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Praise For…

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"More Than Words is comprised of letters that range from the sublime to ridiculously illustrated vignettes and verbal bon mots." -SantaFe.com